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Ketanji Brown Jackson: “This decision is an existential threat to democracy and civil rights.”

On the recordJune 27, 2025
This decision is an existential threat to democracy and civil rights.
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Ketanji Brown Jackson
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slate.com
Jun 27, 2025

Editor's note · Context

Jackson describes the ruling as a serious danger to democratic institutions.

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